Author's Note- Thank you guys so much for the awesome reviews, really they made my day!
This is for the amazing LovelyLovelyLove, I know I have said this many times, but I hope you're okay. And I also hope this cheers you up (at least a little bit!)
I have takes some liberties with Lucy's magic, but it was needed for the plot. Please excuse me!
Day 2- War: The Prank War
"Laxus, your office is absolutely filthy." Lucy complained to the larger blond.
She had been assigned by Master Makarov to help Laxus with the constantly increasing piles of paperwork, which were mostly due to her team. Initially Master had delegated some of it to Laxus as it was getting out of hand for him. And since it kept on increasing, Lucy was requested to help the dragon slayer out. She was only too happy to help, because she felt partially responsible for the increasing workload. Laxus also seemed happy to get someone to chip in.
Lucy enjoyed the work. She and Laxus chatted throughout, making snarky comments on the reports and discussing common topics. Even though Laxus was a jerk, he was a quick witted jerk, much to Lucy's delight.
But that involved Lucy working in Laxus's office. The first time she stepped in the godforsaken place, she thought that a typhoon had accidentally hit the office. After making enough space for herself, she set to work. Bur concentrating on the task became harder by the minute when her attention kept getting diverted to what looked like spoilt food and year old cobwebs. How did Laxus, with his enhanced senses, manage to work in such filth?
Maybe that was why he couldn't complete anything.
After a week of working there, she had finally had enough. She told him off. To her chagrin, he simply scoffed at her and sent an eraser flying her way, which hit her squarely in the face. Pissed, she picked up a pencil and threw it at the offending man.
He caught it just before the pointy end hit his skin. Looking up from his paperwork, he glared at the celestial mage. "Don't like how dirty it is? Have a crack at it." She gave him her worst glare and stocked off. She didn't see the terrified expression of the lightning dragon slayer.
The next day she came to the guild hours earlier, with her cleaning supplies. She knew that Laxus doesn't come till eleven, and she planned to utilise the time productively.
Mirajane had looked faintly surprised to see anyone in the guild this early. "Lucy, you're early today. What have you brought?" Lucy sighed. "My cleaning supplies. I'm planning to rid Laxus's office of the grime. I'm not working there in the dirt." At that Mira looked disgusted, knowing fully well how bad the condition was. Giving the girl her best wishes, she continued arranging her glasses.
Lucy had purposely gotten all the cleaning agents Natsu had complained about, since they gave him watery eyes and rashes. Laxus would pay for getting her to clean for him.
She wasn't a fool. She knew that by making her clean the office, he was trying to kill two birds with one stone. Get Lucy to shut up and get a clean office without doing any work. He clearly underestimated her.
Halfway in the task she felt she had overestimated herself.
First she had cleared up the desk and had found, to her utter and sheer disgust, a week or so old half eaten sandwich. That, she had hoped, explained the putrid odour in the office. Upon vacuuming the carpet she had gotten to know that it was not beige, as she had believed, but was actually a sparkling white. And if that hadn't been enough, cleaning the desk's drawers was a nightmare. More old food was produced, and some reports she was sure she too had written because Laxus had misplaced his. We'll, they weren't misplaced any longer.
It was when everything was scrubbed, polished and cleared away till the office shone, that she decided Laxus needed to be punished for putting her through this. And that rashes weren't enough.
She gave an evil cackle when an idea came to her, making the people who had already come to the guild shiver.
"Hey Mira, can I get a shake?" Lucy was sitting at the bar, patiently waiting for her pre- friend to come to the guild and visit his now sparkling office. "Here you go Lucy! So the office is done?" A smile graced her features, a smile Mira was intimately familiar with. Behind her, Natsu and Gray spotted her expression and retreated from the blonde mage. "Yes it's done! It took a lot of effort, but believe me it was worth it."
Just then Laxus entered the guild hall and without acknowledging anyone, as was his custom, went straight up to his office. Lucy slurped on her shake, waiting for the ball to drop.
Soon enough she was rewarded for her efforts.
"OUCH!" The sound was heard by everyone in the guild, including Lucy, who simply smirked, fiddling with the straw of her shake to get better access.
"OWW! FUCKING GODDAMMIT!" A door slammed open and heavy steps descended the staircase. The whole guild felt silent as everyone noticed Laxus's dark expression. He came to the bar and faced Lucy, who still had a smug smirk. "What. Did. You. Do?" He asked the celestial mage, barely being able to control his anger.
"Why nothing, just cleaned the filthy place." Her tone was light, cheerful. "Don't fool around, you did something. What did you do?" Her smirk widened. "Just some, what's the word? Ah, redecorating."
He glared at her, and sparks flew all around him. "Redecorating? Everything's in place." She finished the last dregs of her shake and faced him again. "You sure everything was really in place, Laxus?" His eyes widened in realisation.
"You shifted everything." Her lips dropped, forming a straight line. "You made me do all the work, so you pay."
"That's how it is? You're on, Blondie."
"Better not play with fire, Spark Plug."
The guild gave a collective gasp at that, surprised she was still alive. She slammed some jewels on the bar and left with Natsu. Laxus too went back to his office. None of them even looked at each other. As soon as both of them were out of hearing range, the guild broke into its usual chatter.
"Bets are open on Lucy versus Laxus! Who wins, who loses, who plays the most pranks!" The whole guild rounded on Cana, putting their wagers.
Lucy slid into a barstool and heard a squishy sound. Sighing, she signaled to Mira. "Hey Lu- my what happened?" Mira stared at the mage in shock. "Yo Luc- oh you're yellow!" She turned to glare at the fire dragon slayer. "Shut it Natsu, before I do it for you. I'll have something strong Mira." The take over mage soon returned with a cocktail in her hand. "Here Lucy. What happened?" She took the beverage and downed it in one big gulp. Slamming the glass back on the counter, she frowned. "Laxus happened."
Lucy had, as usual, opened the door of the office and suddenly the bucket had dropped on her. She should have suspected it then that the paint was different, because not even a drop spilled in the rest of the office. She quickly ran to the guild bathrooms and tried to wash it off, but nothing happened. Defeated, she went up to the bar.
Just as she took another drink from Mira, she heard a deep laugh. Turning, she saw Laxus doubled over with laughter. "Hahaha, Blondie, now you're truly blonde all over." She growled at him, and he snapped up, looking straight into her eyes.
"Why isn't it going away?" He chuckled, a sadistic grin spreading across his face. A treacherous part of her mind couldn't help but notice how good he looked while grinning. "Because it's magic. You're really suiting the dumb blonde stereotype right about now."
"You'll regret this Laxus." He started going to his office. "We'll see, Blondie. Thanks for cleaning, by the way." She screamed in frustration.
When Laxus entered his office, he was wary. And for good reason, he might add. But everything seemed normal. Lucy was sitting on a chair on the other side of his desk, working on the reports. And then he caught the sweet scent.
His sense of smell had been haywire since she had cleaned the place, thanks to the supplies she must have had used. And even now, his nose itched as he stepped in. So it was nice to smell the chocolate instead. He looked to see Lucy munching on some chocolate cookies from a box she had brought.
After fifteen minutes of silence, she got up and left the office. She purposely left the box of cookies, and had even eaten some she had made for herself in front of him. He wouldn't suspect a thing.
The paint had lasted for two horrible days. Thankfully it hadn't spread on her bedsheets, otherwise she would have had buckets of laundry. So it was when she had been furiously scrubbing at the paint that the idea had popped up in her head.
The smile she had sported when she came out of her bathroom had made Natsu and Happy promptly leave her apartment.
She had spent her entire evening making those cookies, and the fun part was that the 'extra resources' had already been present with her, thanks to a certain someone, so she didn't have to waste money on them.
Once again in the same position, she calmly sat down on the bar. "Your usual, Lucy?" She shook her head at the barmaid. "No, today I am in the mood for something spicy." Mira thought something was off, but didn't comment on it. "Okay, so what will you have?"
Just then, once again, a door slammed and heavy footsteps rushed down. "Mira, water!" Shocked at the intensity of the request by the lightning dragon slayer, she froze in her position. Quickly snapping out of it, she ran to get the liquid. Lucy surveyed the result of her efforts.
Laxus's face was red, extremely so. The redness was spreading to his neck and his eyes were watering. She laughed, delighted. Soon Mira was back with a glass and a jug of water.
Ignoring the glass, Laxus downed the whole jug and panted. Once capable of speaking, he looked at the amused mage. "What the fuck did you put in those cookies? And how are you still okay?"
"I put some Tabasco sauce and red chilli powder in the dough with cut up green chillies. And I am fine because I also made some cookies with plain old chocolate chips." At the mention of chilli, Natsu appeared behind Lucy. "Can I try them?"
"Yeah sure, I don't think he is about to have any more them, are you Laxus?" The blond glared at the giggling female. "Watch it Blondie, I'll be paying you back."
Laxus knew that if he followed Natsu's scent all over Magnolia, he would be lead to three places. One would be the guild. Second would be Natsu's house in the outskirts.
Last, but not the least, would be Lucy's apartment.
He found that out first hand when he followed her scent from the guild and came to her apartment. Quickly looking on either side to see if anyone was coming, he scaled the wall and found himself inside, because the foolish woman left her window open.
He would tell her off about that later.
Looking around, he tried to connect the place with Lucy. Pink walls, neat kitchen, bed with fluffy blankets. It was exactly what he had imagined it to be. But he digressed, he came there for a purpose.
At the back of his mind, he registered that apart from Lucy, the strongest scent in the place was of Natsu. Irritated, he went back to his task.
Lucy sighed as she entered her apartment. She had spent the entire morning writing reports on the damage done by her team. Every report had her recalling the incidences, and the pay lost. Add to that the fact that it was hotter than usual, she was beat and the afternoon had just started.
She had come back to have a nice, cool bath to beat the heat. Her mind couldn't concentrate, so it would help. Quickly stripping down, she entered her bathroom and started the shower. It was a recent installment, one she had been saving up for over a year. Lucy wasn't finicky about much, but to her baths were sacred.
Stepping in the cubicle, she sighed as the lower temperature of the water cooled off her overheated skin. Closing her eyes as the water hit her face, she reached for her shampoo and squeezed a generous amount in her palm. Rubbing her hands together, she started working on her hair. Her whole body froze as she realised that something was wrong.
Her shreeks of vengeance could be heard from a mile away.
Lucy slammed open the door of the office and, to her immense pleasure, saw Laxus jump in his seat. Good, he should be scared. She stalked up to the desk and leaned in till she was inches away from his face. She dropped the shampoo bottle on the desk. Grabbing the man by his shirt, she pushed him even closer. His eyes were shinning with amusement, which infuriated her even further.
She growled at the man, and saw that the mirth died down. Something replaced it, something she didn't recognise. Not that she cared. "Laxus fucking Dreyar, what the fuck were you doing in my apartment?"
"Clearly, it's obvious." His smirk was back in place, and Lucy's leg muscles were itching to kick him. "I'll tell you this once, and only once. Step foot in my apartment without my permission once again and you'll get to know what hell is like. Even Gray and Natsu don't have the audacity to mess with my bath."
"Well, maybe they just don't have the balls." She left his shirt. "My hair is a goddamn, oily mess. My bath time was spent in attempt to wash out the oil you put in my bottle. The only way to remove it is shampoo, which I don't have now, thanks to you. That's it. I'm done." She left the office and went downstairs. Confused, Laxus followed her, thinking he made her leave the guild in fury.
Unlike what he was thinking, she was still in the guild. "Gate of the Twins I open thee, Gemini!" The whole guild was looking at the mage and her two spirits. "Gemini, I want Laxus." One of the tiny blue spirits flew to Laxus, who was standing halfway down the staircase, and touched his arm.
And then Laxus remembered what the spirit did.
Running down, he saw a carbon copy of him standing next to Lucy. "Laxus Dreyar of Fairy Tail. Grandson to current Master of Fairy Tail, Makarov Dreyar. Possesses lightning dragon slayer magic. Interests include working out, listening to thunderstorms and playing the guitar."
"So, anyone wanna know anything about Laxus?" Her expression was as dark as her voice. The guild suddenly burst into suggestions. Lucy couldn't understand anything in the din, so she held up her hands. "Gemini, what does he think about me?" Everyone instantly shut up. Nobody wanted to miss this. Even Master was looking at the spirit with interest.
The actual Laxus blanched.
"Thoughts on Lucy Heartfilia- Celestial mage, intelligent, cheerful, beautiful, fiesty, helpful, loves to tease her to see her reactions, her growl is the sexiest sound he has ever heard, highly interested in her."
Lucy felt her face heat up. Laxus looked as though he wanted the ground to open up and swallow him whole. Master fell off the bar counter in shock, and Mira fainted behind it. Cana spluttered over her drink, and Erza didn't even realise that her cake had fallen from her fork.
Natsu was the first to recover. "Laxus, if you're interested, then you should know that Luce really likes you." Lucy wanted to strangle the salmon haired boy. "N-NATSU! I never said that!"
"What? You'll never tell him otherwise, and it's pretty obvious. Seriously, you never made cookies for me." Lucy quickly dismissed Gemini and made way to throttle his throat. But before she could even move, she felt a heavy hand on her shoulder. Turning, she saw stormy blue eyes. "Is it true, Lucy?" He barely whispered the words.
She couldn't believe that her mouth betrayed her.
"Yes." She breathed out. He cupped her face and descended his lips over her's. After the shock went away, her eyes fluttered close. He deepened the kiss, and she complied.
It was utter bliss.
They broke apart when sudden hooting issued from the guild. Master Makarov began to cry. "Brats!" He said between sobs. "My grandson has found a woman ready to ignore the fact that he is a jerk! I never thought this day would come! A party is in order!"
The whole guild cheered, because apart from the fact that they were happy for Laxus and Lucy, a party meant free booze.
Laxus turned to Lucy. "Blondie, want to go and finish the paperwork? If we finish enough of it, we can go out for lunch tomorrow."
She looked up at his eyes. "Gladly."
Yeah, I decided I wanted this to be funny rather than sad.
Fun Fact 1- Shifting all the furniture is actually a very good prank, my friend's sister did that to her once. She got a lot of snubbed toes. Hurts like hell.
Fun Fact 2- Adding a hint of red chilli powder to chocolate cake actually makes it really tasty. It adds depth to the otherwise monotonous flavour. It's better to use old powder, because then it is less spicy, but it still gives the undertones. I speak from experience. Although till I tasted it I did think my mom was off her rocker.
Fun Fact 3- Oiling the hair is a time tested method to make hair more lush and silky, and is something I do an hour before washing it. I especially recommend coconut oil.
Hope you guys liked this one, because it will have a continuation in one of the next prompts! Not telling which, and also not telling its genre.
By the time I am done with LaLu week, I want you guys laughing, squealing, crying, and feeling all hot and bothered at least. So, this stuff is really going to be a mixed bag of genres. You will never know what's coming next! Bwahahaha~
Tomorrow's prompt- Tears
